A lawsuit challenges ballot language warning of education cuts from a tax not set to collect revenue until 2029. 🎧 WA Income Tax Repeal Ballot Language Faces Lawsuit Your browser does not support the audio element. How does repealing a brand-new income tax that won’t be collected for another three years impact any government services today? This concern about the mandated government-added language to tax ballot measures extends far beyond the current income tax debate. Instead, Washington tax revenues are available for lawmakers to prioritize when writing the budget using their constitutional appropriation authority.